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The OCTA and its articles are in a serious need for updates because the fleet info is incomplete particularly because there are shuttle buses used for OCTA ACCESS Service that are not in the fleet. I have lived in Orange County, California for almost my entire life and this is the bus system where I had my first bus rides in 2015! The following details that must be added to the OCTA and its articles are:
The OCTA was established in 1991 from the Orange County Transit District
OCTA units 8501-8599 are 2014-2015 Glaval Buses built on a Ford F-450 Chassis
OCTA units 8601-8700 series are 2017 StarCraft buses built on a Ford F-450 chassis
OCTA routes 20, 51, 145, 187, 188, 191, 193, 410, 411, 430, 464, 490, 757, and 758 are discontinued
Add OCTA routes 53X, 57X, 64X, 150, Bravo 543, and Bravo 560
OCTA units 8301-8364 were 1999 ElDorado National Aerotech buses built on a Ford F450 chassis. These buses were retired in 2008.
OCTA units 6301-6312, 6400s, 6500s, 6600s, 6700s, and 6800s have been retired.
OCTA units 6341-6345
OCTA units 5122, 5675, and 7575 have Near Zero ISL-G engines
All 2007 New Flyer C40LFRs (5502-5599, 5601-5674, 7501-7528) have Cummins Westport ISL-G engines
OCTA C40LFR build dates:
5501: September 2006
5502: March 2007
5505-5508: April 2007
5510-5530, 5540, 7529: May 2007
5536-5539, 5541-5542: June 2007
7501-7528: January 2008
7572: July 2008
7592: May 2008
OCTA XN40 build dates:
5702: January 2015
5753-5761: July 2016
5765-5775: August 2016
5852-5856: January 2017
5858: February 2017
OCTA NABI 40-LFW build dates:
2117: July 2000
2144-2160: August 2000
2201-2215: July 2001
2217-2270: August 2001
2277-2320: September 2001
2323-2372: October 2001
Units 2209, 2214-2215, 2217-2218, 2222, 2228, 2232-2233, 2237, 2243, 2248, 2254-2255, 2263, 2270, 2278, 2280-2281, 2287-2288, 2296, 2311, 2313, 2317, 2324, 2340-2341, 2345, 2349, and 2357 are active. All other 2200s and 2300s are retired.
1100s series Flxible New Looks have Detroit Diesel Allison V730 transmissions
OCTA units 6351-6364 have Hanover Monochrome LED signs
New Flyer D40LF units 5302, 5306, 5331, 5335, 5342, 5353-5354, 5362, 5376, 5387-5388, 5401, 5403, 5406, 5408-5412, and 5416 are presumed to be active.
1987 OCTD SuperBuses: 7001-7002 (White Motor Company WX42 trucks), 7501-7502 (Capre SuperBus trailers)
1993 OCTA SuperBuses: 7101-7110 (WhiteGMC WX42 trucks), 7601-7610 (SuperBus Trailers)
1997 ElDorado National Aerotech buses built on Ford Econoline chassis: units 8101-8191
1995 New Flyer D40LF units 5208 and 5241 tested two separate experimental OCTA paint schemes in 1999. 5208 had the two-stripe orange and blue 'Millennium Look' livery while 5241 had a mostly blue and white OCTA livery.
OCTA unit 6031 was a 2008 ElDorado National E-Z Rider II BRT originally intended to replace the 1997-1998 E-Z Riders, but it was rejected. This bus supposedly had a Cummins Westport ISL G with an Allison Transmission B300R and Transit Sales International is presumed to have this bus on their website.

This content additions page includes the following info that is to be added to Los Angeles Metro Bus and Rail articles, the LACMTA diesel Orions, as well as the former SCRTD. The LACMTA articles are in need for a serious update as it lacks the Metro Rail fleet roster. The following info that needs to be added are:
LACMTA units 5300-5414 VINs are to be linked to New Flyer's 2000 model C40LF 'Y' VINs article
LACMTA units 5415-5522 VINs are to be linked to New Flyer's 2001 model C40LF '1' VINs article
LACMTA units 7980-7999 have been retired as of September 2017, but they still remain in LACMTA's property
Units 5312, 5314-5315, 5318, 5335, 5342, 5349, 5379, 5385, 5389-5390, 5404, 5407, 5414, 5425, 5453, 5457, 5476, 5487, 5502, 5513-5514, 5517, and 5520-5522 retain Detroit Diesel Series 50G engines
Division 18 has units 5342, 5349, and 5521
Division 9 has units 5382, 5452, 7342, 7350, 7376, 7483, and 7930
Active units from LACMTA's current fleet roster can be used by putting the fleet numbers (3100-3149, 3850-4199, 5300-5522, 5600-6149, 7000-8099, 8100-8400, 8401-8491, 8500-8649, 9200-9594, or 11001-11067) into the LACMTA vehicles search bar at the bottom of this page: https://www.transsee.ca/routelist?a=lametro
A new page for LACMTA units 3300-3714 and 1100-1189 should be created by taking the VINs from Neoplan's AN440 'D' (1983), 'E' (1984), and 'H' (1987) VIN articles, which list these units as SCRTD 3300-3714 and SCRTD 1100-1189
LACMTA units 3000-3019 are built in June 1998
The article for LACMTA units 7525-7599 should have their VINs added and linked to NABI's 2005 model 40-LFW '5' VINs article
The article for LACMTA units 7300-7514 and 7600-7949 should have their VINs added and linked to NABI's 2001 model 40-LFW '1' VINs article
The article for LACMTA units 7000-7214 should have their VINs added and linked to NABI's 1999 and 2000 model 40-LFW 'X' and 'Y' VINs article, respectively
The article for LACMTA units 8000-8099 should have their VINs added and linked to NABI's 2003 and 2004 model 45C-LFW '3' and '4' VINs article, respectively
http://www.rapidtransit-press.com/transitsystems.html: Info from this link must be sent to articles relating to SCRTD and LACMTA, especially the ex-SCRTD GMC and TMC RTS buses that went to Transit Systems Unlimited.
http://www.rapidtransit-press.com/mta.html: Info from this link must be sent to articles related to the LACMTA.
http://www.webring.org/l/rd?ring=001bus;id=150;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.oocities.org%2F~buslist%2Findex.html: VINs for LACMTA's 1980-1981 GMC T8J-204s, 1982 T7J-204s, TMC 1988-1989, 1992 RTS-06s, 1988-1990, and 1992 Flxible Metros are found in this link.
The Metro Rail roster composes of:
1989 Nippon Sharyo P865: Rail cars 100-138
1990 Nippon Sharyo P865: 139-153
1994 Nippon Sharyo P2020: 154-168
1991-1992 Breda A650 with DC motors: 501-530
1996-2000 Breda A650 with AC motors: 531-604
1996-1999 Siemens P2000: 201-226, 227-250, 301-302
2006-2011 Ansaldo Breda P2550: 701-750
2014-2020s KinkiSharyo P3010: 1000-1235

Do you folks believe there could have been a domestic-market version of the Ikarus 284 articulated bus? Unlike the 286, which was the domestic version of the European-market Ikarus 280, the 284 artic had its engine in the back of the bus (the 280/286 was a mid-engine configuration).
And if a domestic (U.S./Canada) version of the 284 had come to be, the available engines would've included the Detroit Diesel 6V92TA and 8V92TA and the Cummins L10, rated from 300-375 hp, teamed with the Allison HT740 (6V92TA or 8V92TA), ZF ECOMAT 5HP600 (6V92TA or L10) or the Voith D864 (6V92TA or L10). A 375 hp articulated bus engine is rare.
Most importantly, would the domestic 284 not be as so steeped in the "lemon" problems the 286 had acquired?
~Ben